Now, after many years of collaboration, I can say for sure that he's truly favorably impressed: by design, and by designers. I would even assume that he secretly admires us, the designers. His initially reserved and rejective stance against any member of the 'design-species' was resulting from, what I believe, the awareness that he could never do, what designers do, but designers might be able to do, what he's doing - at least…

When we move the locus of education from the classroom environment to the digital environment, we move the student experience to one in which design matters a great deal. Design, here, refers to the field of …

From "Higher Education Management"

by Keith Hampson, PhD

Brands like Target and Apple have successfully used design to set themselves apart. Mainstream magazines like BusinessWeek and Fast Company now devote complete issues to design. College design programs are experiencing unprecedented demand. Highly ranked institutions like Stanford now teach MBA students…

It's the time of the year so I was strolling along the local christmas market lately and passed by a craftsman who was weaving a basket. Somehow I was instantly impressed and stood still, starting to observe the activity of the basket-maker: his movements were swift and confident and he was even able to have a conversation with other observers, whilst craft-fully weaving this basket. All of a sudden he paused - he was about…